[Took me a little bit but I think the chapter came out decent. Let me know. I am not good with fight scenes :( ]
I didn't need to say anything to feel the tense in the air. This was our first step in our counter strike. I turned to looked at the group that was going to kill Sawyer and said.
"Harrison your team Alpha. Is your team good? Do you need anything before the mission?"
Harrison my body guard/father-figured looked around him and said.
"No we are good, we got the omni-hand and Jackson told us yesterday that he knows where to go"
"Perfect. Thanks for being part of Alpha Jackson."
The next group I looked at was our defensive team. The one that Taylor was in charge of.
"Taylor your team Beta. Is everything ready? I know we talked briefly this morning, but do you understand how the defense works?"
"Yes sir! All I need to do is move the piece into the circle and BANG! BOM! Fire wall. I wont active it when there are friendly on the way. Only normal defense when you guys are gone. No firewall until prototype or ferals."
"Awesome."
I turned to the last group, which had a lot more people in it than I thought there would be
"Doey your team Delta. Are you ready?"
"We are ready"
"Good remember only distract. If you or anyone on your team needs to retreat you come back here and report to Beta team. Taylor will decide on when to use the firewall."
I only continue speaking when I saw that they understood and nodded at my words
"Alright everyone remember the plan. I will go out first to get Sawyer`s attention. Alpha will wait 15 minutes before leaving. Once Alpha leaves, I need Delta to leave through the back towards the cave. I don't know where Prototype will strike so Doey you are in charge of where to send your team. Beta, your job is to check our defenses and make sure that it is safe for the people here and to make sure that team delta has a place to come back to. We all good?"
"Yes!"
"Okay, I am leaving now. Issac set the timer for 15 minutes the moment I leave."
"Okay boss!"
I left our safe Haven, and made my way towards the labs that I knew Sawyer was at. We had done this sound and dance before. He would see me coming and send in his soldiers. The small feral critters, the nightmare critters and Yarnaby. Who I thought I killed with fire but he survived and had burn marks on his face. The only reason he wasn't dead was because every time I went after Sawyer, I had to retreat to stop prototype. This time was different.
I didn't make it far into the lab when I heard this voice through the microphone.
"Subject has return. He appearance to be have normal heartrate and breathing. No panic or stress visible. Why do you bother, you already know how this goes. You try to attack and leave your little friends behind. Accept where you are."
"HA! Sawyer, I decided something. I don't care about them, YOU! DIE TODAY!" I wanted Sawyer to completely focus on me. The more attention on me the better.
"Aw I see. Subject appears to suffer from mental disorder of insanity. Mayhap this is due to his increase abilities. Research has shown that there are no perfect human"
"Shut up! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU"
The first group of critters arrived, and with them fire appeared from my hands. It got them scared and they ran off. As I got further into the lab, the bigger toys showed up. The whole while I was trying to piss Sawyer off. Calling him a pathetic man, a narcissistic, self-important person who was beyond help.
"Ludwig was right about you Sawyer. You should have never been part of the program. He was right to kick you out. I wonder how that feels knowing that even your hero didn't want you. What did he call you? Oh. I know a young man with no-"
"SHUT UP! This…This continuous chattering you are doing ends here. I will tear you apart, and see what makes you special."
"Oh. So you can be with your hero? The one that left you, and even now when you got the job here they didn't want you. Face it Sawyer, no one wants you. Not your parents, not your heros, and certainly not me. You are nothing and you know it."
"You…I will take great pleasure in killing you personally. I have already called experiment 1006 to kill your friends. I will make sure to let you watch. Maybe I can document your response."
"I just need to kill you before then."
While fighting off the nightmare creatures, I saw yarnaby from the corner of my eye. He was trying to flank me, but I was able to turn around before then. When I forced my way around, the big critter that was holding on to me turned too. Yarnaby didn't pounce into me but the critter. I didn't waste time, jumped back and blasted them with flames. Killing the the Sheep, and Yarnaby together.
Seeing them burned I turned to the camera and said.
"I will kill you next."
"No. You wont subject."
There was a pause, before one of the doors opened to reveal a robot body with a TV for its head. It was the body that sawyer had in chapter 4. How did he make it so fast? Whatever my only goal was to distract him. The TV`s eyes were red, and were staring at me.
"This will be your end. Max"
"Ha, only if you can kill me. Our battle will be legendary!"
"AHAHAHAHA-BUZZ-..WHA-BUZZ-YOU-HAHAAHA" And with that Sawyer fall. He died right there in front of me. I was a little disappointed, but honestly was getting tired of fighting. I had been fighting all night, and nonstop for the last hour. A voice that I was happy to hear appeared in the area.
"We got it Max. Alpha team is good? You alright. Give a thumbs up we cant hear you from up here."
I smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"Perfect. We will make our way back to base."
It didn't take long to make my way back on the way I was able to see Alpha coming out of the labs. They looked like they got into a fight, but I couldn't say much myself. My guess is that they had to face the other nightmare critters.
"How did it go for your team?"
"It went well. We were attacked by some of them, but your advice on saving ammo. Saved our ass. Good call kid."
"No problem, with Sawyer out, all we need is to punch through to prototype. Once that is done, then…well I guess it is clean up."
"Well kid if you need help let me and the boys know. You kept us safe, and helped more than a kid your age should. I am proud of you, and I know your parents would be proud of the boy that they had."
"T-thanks Harrison…that means a lot to me. I-I..its hard sometimes to be leader, you know. The other kids look up to me for all the answers, and sometimes I don't know what to do."
"You should talk to us more, let us help you like this mission. We could have defeated Sawyer so time ago. Remember kid it is okay to be cautious but sometimes you got to take that leap of faith"
"Leap of faith…I will keep that in mind. Also have you been reading those spider-man comics. I thought you said you weren't a comic guy?"
"When the only thing that will get the kids to calm down, and go to bed is spider-man. I don't have much of a choice."
We laughed as we made our way back to safe haven. When we arrived, there were a few injuries from team Delta. Nothing serious, just little injuries here and there. The Delta team came back one member, after another one by one. Doey had arrived back about 20 minutes later. He looked around to make sure everyone was there, and sighed with relief.
When he got his bearing, I asked.
"How did it go? Were there any problems?"
"No. Just holding him off…was harder than I thought. I saw Huggy, and Boxy out there. I didn't see him or Catnap."
"So only Huggy, Boxy, and Catnap left to fight. Okay thanks Doey get some rest, have doc look at you for any injuries"
I turned to face everyone and said with great excitement in my voice.
"MISSION COMPLETE! Now we only need to defeat Boxy, Huggy, Catnap and Prototype! This calls for a feast. Klein make CAKE! And Pizza! We won!"
That night all of us were having fun and partying. It was nice, I didn't want it to end. I knew that once this was all done, and everything was back to normal the SCP foundation would come running in if they haven`t already. My only bet is to make a deal with them, maybe something about my friends being safe or something.
The night came with complaints of stomachaches, the adults being drunk, and the kids watching Pokemon late. It was a good night.
Otherworld
I woke up near the entrance. It was open, and I didn't want to be here when more people showed up. The foundation would make sure that this place stayed closed, or would send in a task force more equipped to deal with it. Either way. I needed to move. Well until I have to leave I will be keeping my ass in the library. The whole way there, I just kept thinking about getting stronger. What could I do besides study, there had to be something I could do.
Teacher floated his way to me, when he noticed that I had returned it greeted me saying.
"Statement: Undead infection at 13% remaining."
I needed power, something that would get me going. The SCP foundation was a global thing, that didn't include the other organizations and smaller ones too. This world had like a hundred secret organizations, groups, cults, and whatever else. I felt like Playtime was a paradise for the shit that I would be dealing with in the future. If I was being honest the SCP foundation was probably the only one that wouldn't kill me, make my life a literal hell, or turn me into something worse than a fucking slave toy. It was Poppy all over again! Teacher would know what to do. He always did…here is hoping for a magic bullshit miracle.
"Hey teach. I want to be stronger, deal with this place`s demon problem, and get more knowledge got any wise advice or some book that I need to study?"
"Statement: To get stronger your body will naturally get stronger with age. Demons can be dealt with in two ways. Sealing and purification. Knowledge can be access via artificial construction creation."
"I..fuck me." Basically grow up, and learn more. It took me two years and some change to learn basic necromancy, the dead language, flesh manipulation and basic fire magic. How long would it take me to make an artificial intelligence? How long would it take me to reach adulthood..stupid thought, but still.
Why is it that I can never get a fucking break. It is rush here, rush there. I want a vacation. I..am only 10…where is my childhood. I just wanted to sit in a chair, and cry. The worms wouldn't allow me to stay sad for long, and the wiggling sensation in my head stopped me from spiraling in a depression. So, I sat there lumped in the chair, I got. Looking at the library, watching the beholders and spiders and other creatures move about through its long hallways.
My life is so fucked. I probably got here, because the fucking world ended and my soul got trapped in the kid`s re-made body or so other crazy shit. Fuck me.
Maybe working for the Foundation won't be that bad. I could get them to watch my family, get them to get me a nice cell with paintings on the wall, and a tracker on my neck. Stupid anxious..go away you aren't helping me. There was a thought that did help me though, what if..what if..I could do all three at once. Flesh manipulation was a thing, so why not
"Teach, question for you."
"Processed"
"You said that a demon can be sealed right? Well can a demon be sealed inside…me? Like inside my body? If I do that what happens? And, can I seal a demon in an artificial intelligence to feed me knowledge."
"Statement: Yes. Demons can be sealed inside student through two ways. Grafting into the body. Sealing into a part of the body. Prior artificial construction was made using a demon as a seed. New research stopped such acts"
"How does grafting work?" That sounded..well…I guess interesting to say the least
"Statement: Grafting is when a practitioner takes the flesh of a demon, and replaces their organs with the demons. This allows the practitioner to summon the demon and use their power for their own"
"HOLY FUCK!" I sat up immediately when I heard that. That was huge, there had to be a reason no one was doing that. From the little knowledge I had about this world practice and study of demonology was low…like really low…like no one wanted it. The academic research, study and materials for demonology was small in comparison to everything else. I thought it strange that something like that was so low, when flesh manipulation was an easy topic to find and read about.
"Statement: The practice was discontinued due to multiple research projects citing how dangerous and gruesome it was. Clarifying: To perform grafting. The practitioner must create a ritual circle. Once complete the practitioner must get the said demon into the ritual. Once both steps are completed, the practitioner must fight and kill the demon. This must be completed without outside help. When the fight is concluded and the demon is defeat the practitioner must crave out both the demons organ and the one they want to replace with. Once all steps are finished the ritual will end. Statement: This is unwise. Research shows that practitioner who do this are HIGHLY susceptible to negative emotions, fits of rage, and fits of intense violent outburst. "
"Cant the worm you got me help? Or a potion or something?"
"Statement: The symbiote leech, are used to repair damages to the body and ensure that the host body is at optimal efficiency. This includes musc-"
"I know. I KNOW. The worms keep my body at the best it can possibly be, and defend me, and whatever else. Come on though they have to be able to help with this right?"
"Statement: Negative. Unit does not recommend student`s action"
"What about I only graft the weak demons, and level them up or something. That will work right"
"Statement: This will lead to symptoms that this unit has already listed. Unit DOES NOT recommend student graft demons"
"You know I have a strong soul, I can control myself it wouldn't be anything bad. Look teach I need this, the world isn't safe and I need power right now."
"Statement: Student will grow to be Arch-wizard in future. Unit recommends student to study at current pace"